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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. TEUBER & L. ODENHEIMER.

WATCH POCKET.

No. 555,227. Patented Feb. 25, 1896. F1541 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

A. TEUBER 85 L.LODENF.EIMER.

WATCH POGKET.

No. 555,227. Patented P55. 25, 1896 Ivy 6.

i J jflfeniomi @3236 ES 62772016 1225367 NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARNOLD TEUBER AND LOUIS ODENHEIMER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORS OFONE-THIRD TO GUITERMAN BROS, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,227, dated February25, 1896.

Application filed December 5,1895. Serial No. 571,094. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ARNOLD TEUBER and LOUIS ODENHEIMER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and Stateof Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety-Checks for Watch-Pockets; and we do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

Our invention relates to watch-pockets for outing-shirts and other loosegarments, and has for its object to provide an attachment to theordinary pocket whereby the watch may be readily inserted into thepocket or withdrawn from the pocket without impediment when the pocketis upright, but whereby the watch will be intercepted and held withinthe pocket when the wearer of the garment assumes a stooping position.To this end we provide a safety-check comprising an upper portion orportions made fast to the outer wall of the pocket at or near the mouthof the same, and a pair of divergent branches extending to a lower leveland made fast to the inner wall of the pocket at points sufficiently farapart to permit the passage of the watch between the same when thepocket is in its upright position. The said safety-check may takeseveral slightly-different forms, but all involve the common principleof construction and attachment above set forth.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likeletters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing a person wearing an outing-shirtequipped with our improved pocket. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thepreferred form of our safety-check detached and laid out flatwise. Fig.3 is a side elevation showing a part of a shirt equipped with ourimproved pocket with some portions broken away. Fig. 4 is a top view ofthe pocket with a watch in position therein as the said parts willappear when the pocket is in its upright or substantially verticalposition. Fig. 5 is an end View of the pocket and watch as the saidparts will appear after a person has stooped over, so as to cause thetop of the pocket to approach a horizontal position; and Figs. 6 to 9,inclusive are views similar to Fig. 2, representing slightly-modifiedforms of the safety-check detached.

In Fig. 1 the person ais represented as seated on the box I) andstooping over, as he might appear, for example, when in the act oflacing his shoes. He is represented as wearing an outing or neglig shirtequipped with ourimproved pocket. The body 0 of the shirt is providedatthe proper point with a pocketpiece 0, made fast thereto in the usualway and in the proper position to co-operate therewith to form awatch-pocket which will be substantially vertical or upright when thewearer is in a substantially upright position.

The preferred form of our safety-check is composed of a single upper orvertical section, (1'', and a pair of divergent branches (1 extendinglaterally from the lower portion of the vertical strip or section (1. Asshown, the divergent branches (1 are formed by a single horizontal stripcentrally attached to the lower end of the vertical strip or section d.The said safety-check is applied with the upper end of the strip orsection (1 made fast to the outer wall of the pocket at or near themouth of the same and with the extremities of the divergent branches (1made fast to the inner wall of the pocket at points sufficiently farapart to afford clearance for the passage of a watch.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 differs from the perferred form only inhaving two vertical strips or sections (i instead of one, both of whichare made fast to the outer wall of the pocket at or near the mouth ofthe same.

The form shown in Fig 7 differs from the preferred form only in the factthat the divergent branches d are set at an angle in respect to eachother with their junction or angle uppermost and made fast to thevertical section d.

The form shown in Fig. 8 differs from the other forms chiefly in thefact that it is made up from two strips which cross each other and aremade fast at their point of crossing. The parts (Z above the crossingconstitute the upper or substantially vertical portions, which are madefast to the outer wall of the pocket, and the parts 6 below the crossingrepresent the divergent branches, which are made fast at their lowerends to the inside wall of the pocket.

The form shown in Fig. 9 is represented as cut from a single piece ofcloth, so cut away as to constitute an upper portion, (Z securable tothe front wall, and a pair of lower portions or branches, (1 which aresecurable below to the inner wall of the pocket.

All the different forms above noted will form a check which willco-operate with the pocket-walls in substantially the same way, whichwill be readily understood by a consideration of the preferred form, asillustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive.

So. long as the wearer of the garment is in such position as to keep thepocket substantially upright the safety-check will not interfere withthe insertion of the watch into the pocket or its removal therefrom, aswill be readily understood by reference to Fig. at; but when the personstoops over, as shown, for example, in Fig. 1, the safety-check willassume the position shown in Fig. 5 and will operate as a bridge, check,or stop, which will intercept and hold the watch within the pocket.

\Vhen the pocket is substantially upright, the watch will be inserted orwithdrawn in the usual way along the inner wall of the pocket or againstthe surface of the garment directly on the person, and as the points ofattachment for the divergent branches of the check are far enough apartto aiford clearance for the passage of the watch the said safety-checkwill not intercept the watch in its movement'g-but, on the otherhand,when the person stoops over, so as to bring the pocketsubstantially into a horizontal position or below thesame,the weight ofthe watch willcome onto the front wall of the pocket, with the effect ofmaking the safety-cheek form a sort of bridge, which will intercept thewatch and prevent the same from falling out by gravity. Otherwisestated, when the pocket issubstantially upright the divergent branchesof the safety-check stand near the outer wall of the pocket, withsuflicient clearance back of the same for the insertion or removal ofthe watch but when the pocket is thrown into substantiallya horizontalposition the weight of the watch will distend the pocket crosswise and:shorten the same lengthwise,with the effect of bringing the divergentbranches of the check nearer to the inner wall of the pocket and theupper portion or portions of the check crosswise of the mouth of thesame, so as to form a bridge or check, which will prevent the escape ofthe watch.

By actual usage we have demonstrated the efficiency of our invention forthe purposes had in view. So far as we are aware we are the first toprovide any form of safety-check or attachment for co-operation with thewalls of a vertical pocket, which will permit the watch to be insertedinto the pocket or withdrawn therefrom without manipulation of thepocket or attachment, when the pocket is in its upright position, andwhich will afford an effective stop or check to prevent the escape ofthe watch when the person assumes an inclined or stooping position.

lVhat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. The combination with a watch-pocket, of a safety-check therein,composed of flexible material and comprising an upper portion made fast,above, to the outer wall of the pocket, near the mouth of the same, anda pair of laterally-extended lower portions or branches made fast,below, to the inner wall of'the pocket, at points sufficiently far apartto permit the passage of the watch, whereby, when the pocket is upright,the watch may be inserted in or withdrawn from the pocket, withoutimpediment, but, when the wearer stoops over, the check will prevent theescape of the watch, substantially as described.

2. The combination with awatch-pocket, of a safety-check therein,comprising a vertical strip (7 having its upper end made fast to theouter wall of the pocket, near the mouth of the same, and a pair oflateral or divergent branch strips (Z extending from the lower end ofthe strip (1 and having their extremities attached to the inner wall ofthe pocket, at points sufficiently far apart to give clearance for thepassage of the watch, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ARNOLD TEUBER. LOUIS ODENI-lEI-MER. lVitncsses RoBT. L. WINNE, N. C.ROBINSON.

